PETER CHIANCA: You’ll be thankful you read this - As you may recall, around this time each year I like to take a moment to remind my readers that there are still plenty of reasons to be truly thankful. I do that so people will be able to put these often difficult times into perspective, and also to get them to come out from under the bed. By Peter Chianca, North Shore (Mass.) Sunday.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/holidays_seasonal/thanksgiving/x842512742/Peter-Chianca-You-ll-be-thankful-you-read-this

JEFF VRABEL: I met Bruce Springsteen! - On about a dozen occasions in just under five minutes, it becomes clear that the person talking to me is Bruce Springsteen. This, in case you are wondering, never stops feeling like getting walloped by a large rolling boulder, or shoved into an above-ground pool filled with half-melted ice cubes. By Jeff Vrabel, GHNS columnist.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x2078293129/Jeff-Vrabel-I-met-Bruce-Springsteen

GREEN SPACE: Lesson from squirrels - life can be fun - Squirrels have been around for 40 million years, but we’re just beginning to understand them. By Jim Hillibish, Canton Repository.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x842512944/Green-Space-Lesson-from-squirrels-life-can-be-fun

KEVIN FRISCH: 'The Three Stooges’ Pie-in-the-Facials' -- There are a number of ways to beautify yourself by shmeering your face with Thanksgiving leftovers. Who’d have thought the Three Stooges were not only comedy pioneers but pie-throwing practitioners of post-holiday beautification? By Kevin Frisch/ Messenger Post (N.Y.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x96440788/Kevin-Frisch-The-Three-Stooges-Pie-in-the-Facials

DENNIS VOLKERT:?Amusing Thanksgiving fowl-ups -- One holiday I haven’t tapped (lately) is Thanksgiving (unless you count the Thankspatrick’s Day thing, but that was the tofurky of creative writing). Thanksgiving seems like a humble occasion that should remain unsullied by trivial musings. But humor is appropriate if you consider Thanksgiving from the food angle. By Dennis Volkert/ Sturgis Journal (Mich.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x2078293326/Dennis-Volkert-Amusing-Thanksgiving-fowl-ups

THANKSGIVING: How to avoid conversational landmines at the Thanksgiving table -- If you’re rich and I’m not, I don’t want to hear about it. Most people don’t like to talk about their age until they’re 90. And single people may be “happy being single." More conversation no-no's and taboos to avoid during Thanksgiving. By Tamara Browning/ THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER (Ill.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x96440955/How-to-avoid-conversational-landmines-at-the-Thanksgiving-table

DECEMBER SUDOKU: Sudoku puzzles 890-917 for December are available for download. Previous puzzles are linked to in this file.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/puzzles/x291606248/Sudoku-puzzles-890-917-December-puzzles

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS: Director Ed Zwick digs into pharmaceutical industry in ‘Love and Other Drugs’ - Ed Zwick doesn’t want to seem like a pill, but he’s on a rant against the pharmaceutical industry in his latest movie, “Love and Other Drugs.” On the surface, it’s your typical romantic-comedy, much like Zwick’s 1986 directorial debut, “About Last Night.” But look beneath the oft-bared skin of stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway and you’ll see some of the naked truths about the pharmaceutical industry. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x96440785/Director-Ed-Zwick-digs-into-pharmaceutical-industry-in-Love-and-Other-Drugs

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EDITORIAL: GM's revival -- Two years ago, GM stock was priced under a dollar. Stock in the new GM debuted at $33 a share Thursday. Thanks to the Obama administration, it's impossible to deny that automakers are a lot healthier than they were two years ago. By The MetroWest Daily News
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x96440579/Editorial-GMs-revival

EDITORIAL: No more tolerance for the ethically challenged, not even in Congress - At last, the long - 2 1/2 years - and frustrating ethics investigation into New York's Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel is coming to a close. His legislative trial on 12 charges of violating rules in the U.S. House is over, with ethics committee members recommending the 20-term lawmaker receive a formal censure from his colleagues for his repeated misconduct, the strongest reprimand possible short of kicking him out of Congress. The Peoria Journal Star.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/editorials/x96440608/Editorial-No-more-tolerance-for-the-ethically-challenged-not-even-in-Congress

EDITORIAL: Yes, we can learn from France -- The French government recently raised the minimum retirement age to 62 and the age that receives full pension benefits to 67. Tough times call for tough (and often unpopular) decisions. President Sarkozy could be showing America the way. By The MetroWest Daily News
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/editorials/x842512712/Editorial-Yes-we-can-learn-from-France

RICK HOLMES: Season of the lame ducks - Democrats need to stop licking their wounds and start asserting their own mandates. By Rick Holmes, MetroWest Daily News.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/massachusetts_opinions/x842512904/Rick-Holmes-Season-of-the-lame-ducks

DAN NAUMOVICH: Online 'discourse' is beyond discouraging - People who probably get along quite well gathered around the water cooler or standing along the backyard fence become mortal enemies when safely separated by a buffer of cyberspace. By Dan Naumovich, State Journal-Register.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x535934099/Dan-Naumovich-Online-discourse-is-beyond-discouraging

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SHOESTRING LIVING: Let good character determine how you spend and give - I’ll admit I’ve spent more than a few hours during my lifetime daydreaming about winning a big lottery jackpot. I’ve imagined the surge of adrenaline through my body as I read off the last of the winning numbers; thought about the fun my husband and I would have telling family and friends; relished the plans we’d make to share our good fortune. Statistics show that winning the lottery does not always bring happiness. Here’s how those of us yet to win can remain fiscally grounded and show our good character each and every day. By Molly Logan Anderson, GHNS columnist.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x2106469784/Shoestring-Living-Let-good-character-determine-how-you-spend-and-give

AUTO BITS: Don’t make DUI part of your holiday - Weekly auto rail, with tips on a DUI-free holiday season, Car Q&A with Junior Damato and more. By GHNS.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x290102485/Auto-Bits-Dont-make-DUI-part-of-your-holiday-festivities

GREG ZYLA: The many diversified Cadillac engines - When it comes to the history of automobile engines, Cadillac receives credit for the largest production V8s ever offered to the public, along with countless other notables. By Greg Zyla, GHNS columnist.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x298227645/Greg-Zyla-The-many-diversified-Cadillac-engines

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